Category: Reviews
Mussarrat Mirza – A Study of Light, Space and Color
It is an overwhelming experience writing about the art of Mussarat Mirza; an icon and a living legend in the Artscape of Pakistan despite her reclusi [...]
FLOW: A curatorial project by Suleman Aqeel Khilji
Full Circle Gallery, KarachiReviwed by Paul-Mehdi RizviIs it possible to have one’s aesthetic perceptions ruined by the orthodoxies of Fine [...]
Behind the scenes
Recent times have witnessed an explosion of art exhibitions, quite a few of which have been wildly curated without any qualified understanding of the [...]
“Reflections” by Hussain Jamil at Dastaangoi
Dastaangoi has been focused on delivering rich indigenous stories and visuals from across the country enchanting audiences since its conception in 20 [...]
Abstracting Parables-A Work Of Translation at The Stedelijk Museum By Shireen Ikramullah Khan
‘Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting with the gift that speaks.’— Simonides of CeosAn audience can often misconstrue abstract [...]
Through the Looking Glass
Abid Khalil Ansari’s portraiture and figurative paintings have an emotive depth that is sincere and compassionate. His studio practice, over the year [...]
Points of Origin; Points of Departure: Alyssa Sakina Mumtaz’s ‘The Center is Everywhere’ at Koel Gallery
To radiate in several directions, to de-mystify the sacred, and to engage portals of thought in tangible form, is directly related to the accuracy an [...]
Love’s Assassin Wore Sports Socks
The Sacred and Beyond.The exhibition titled Sacred and Beyond is one of the rare instances of a show in which each artist says what she means and [...]
The Body Keeps the Score: Ruby Chishti at Canvas Gallery
Fragments; stitched and glued across the borders of an equally fragmented armature; dissipating, surreal and rendered as artifacts of absence and p [...]